Word familynounventurerventuresomenessventuringventurousnessventure capitalventureadjectiveventuresomeventurousadverbventuresomelyventuringlyventurously
1BBBBUSINESSa new business activity that involves taking risks 风险项目,风险投资;冒险事业
business/commercial venture 商业风投
joint venture (=when two companies do something together) 合营,合资
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venture• His bankruptcy was the result of several reckless business ventures.• a real-estate venture• Ford has invested $125 million in a jointventure to build engines in China.• It is difficult to formulate a standarddefinition of a joint venture.• Westinghouse will take a 48 percentstake in the joint venture and invest $ 2. 5 million.• Mattel would not disclose its investment in the new venture.• Local councillors can be quite obstructive to new ventures by farmers.• The group is planning to risk everything to get their next venture off the ground.• Each year we endeavour to be represented in helping in one of their fund-raising ventures.• They said the venture is being sold because the companies can importproducts more economically.
5venture on/upon somethingphrasal verbphr vRISKto do or try something that involves risks 冒险做〔有风险或危险的事〕
I thought I might venture on a new recipe.
我想我也许可以尝试一种新的做法。
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venture on/upon • Eliza Waters, who was herself venturing upon a cold, would have found it difficult to agree more.• We should be three very gay companions, we could make excursions, the sort one never ventures uponalone.• I ventured on one or two occasions to suggest that he might find some way of dispensing with her services.• Launching your own venture on the side can be tiring, but many people find the autonomytherapeutic.• No president in eighteen years has chosen to invest his energies or our tax-moneys in a moralventure on this scale.• Ask permission before venturing on to any private land. 2 Respect the Country Code.• Once you have become thoroughly familiar with this you can venture on to other things.• Some of these visitorsstrolled along the promenade; a few penetrated to the beach; none ventured on to the cliffs.